Golden Crowned Sparrows visiting
It brings such pleasure to observe so much bird activity in our backyard and patio. When we moved to our current residence, the garden...
Oh, what a sunset!
I've always loved to look at sunsets. Every day they are different. Sometimes they are serene, with a soft pastel apricot hue above dark,...
Spider and Bee
If you've been following my blog posts, you know how passionate I am about creating habitat for pollinators. I couldn't resist sharing...
The constant visitor in our garden, black phoebe
This Northern Black Phoebe seems to be very comfortable in our garden. It visits throughout the day, chirping, and always on the watch...
White Throated Sparrow sighting
A White Throated Sparrow has been visiting our garden for the past few days. I thought at first that it was a white crowned sparrow with...
Verbena De La Mina thriving
Ooh, the Verbena De La Mina is starting to produce its first blossoms of the year. It's so wonderful to see because last year the...
Brown-eyed bushtit on the salvia shrub
The brown-eyed bushtits visit the garden several times a day, in a flock of at least a dozen. They seem to find a lot of insects to eat,...
California poppies are sprouting everywhere
Our first sunny day in a week, and look what I'm seeing in almost every empty area of the front yard, California poppies sprouting...
Hoverfly enjoying a Sunny Day
After several cool, gray days and a gully-washer of a rainstorm yesterday, the sunshine was sheer delight today. While checking out the...
Freesias!
While moving some pots around on the patio, I was pleasantly surprised to see the freesias pushing up their foliage in a pot that I had...
